Vilnius and Warsaw have agreed for a passenger train connecting the two capitals to start running in December. According to the memorandum signed in Vilnius on September 16, a one-way trip will not exceed 8 hours. Once the Rail Baltic project linking the Baltic States with Poland is completed in 2026, a direct-high-speed train will…
Tests to be conducted ahead of desynchronizing the Estonian electricity grid from that of the Russian Federation should not be conducted until all three Baltic States are ready, grid distributor Elering says. Elering made the announcement after its Lithuanian equivalent, Litgrid, said that it was postponing a planned de-synchronization test, which had been due to…
As the European Union looks for solutions to urgently cut record-high electricity prices for consumers, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says untying gas and electricity prices is key. “The main problem is that the gas price that’s been made for Europe by a man who wants to bring Europe to its knees directly determines the…
Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita met representatives of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The discussions focused on projects underway and new perspectives of developing the cooperation between Moldova and IFC, the government’s communication and protocol department reported. The parries referred, in particular, to the results of the study of…
The European Commission vows to provide additional funding for the construction of Rail Baltica, a high-speed railway project linking Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Last summer, the Commission allocated more than 350 million euros for the project, and plans to continue doing so in the future, according to Radvile Morkunaite-Mikuleniene, chair of Lithuania’s parliamentary Committee…
Households that use electricity to heat their homes will also be included in a comprehensive government support scheme, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy has announced. The government has offered one-off subsidies, ranging from PLN 500 to 3,000 (EUR 106-636), to households heating their homes with coal, timber, wood pellets, liquefied natural gas and…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said the country should adopt joint decisions on air and coastal defence with Poland. “We need to strengthen practical defence cooperation between our countries, including the possibility of adopting joint decisions in the areas of coastal defence and air defence,” Nauseda said in a statement. A joint meeting of the Lithuanian…